MOTM

Interesting.  Software designing types want contact with hardware.  I
install DC power equipment.  I have hands on hardware everyday from
alarm circuits to -48volt high current hot cuts in working phone
offices.  I don't always want to build stuff anymore.  I can, but....



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From: Richard Brewster <pugix@...>
To: Jason Proctor <jason@...>
Cc: MOTM <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:24:40 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Re: FFB options


I'm the same.  It's not for the economics (although that is a part of 
it) that I prefer to build stuff.  I'm also one of the people grinding 
away at the day job writing software.  That's a kind of building and it 
has its satisfactions, but it's not the same as making a physical object 
-- and at work I'm doing what somebody else wants.  The only 
pre-assembled modules I own were either a) only available assembled, or 
b) purchased used, assembled by somebody else (only two of these).  So 
when I have a choice, I build.  The MOTM kits were too easy for me.  I 
like MOTM 2.0 better!

Richard Brewster
http://www.pugix. com

Jason Proctor wrote:
> right there with you. there's something massively zen about 
> soldering. it's one of those things like cooking, where if you rush 
> it or don't pay attention, you'll screw it up. but as long as you 
> take time and care with it, the result is yummy!
>
> i don't buy anything assembled any more - and if you'd told the me of 
> 5 years ago that, i'd have laughed you out of town.
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>> I don't rationalize the economics at all, I just LOVE soldering. I 
>> enjoy building things with my hands, even most of the cabinets and 
>> desks in my studio are built by me, custom made for whatever nook & 
>> cranny I'm trying to fit something into. It's not a matter of money, 
>> it's a matter of fun. My day gig is all software design and testing,
>> blech. I need hardware to bring my universe back into balance.
>> 
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